Marginal paper-guide for type-writing machines.



No. 829,093. PATENTED AUG21, 1906.

' A. A. ANDERSON.l

MAEGINAL PAPER EUIDEPOE TYPE WRITING MAG-EINES.

APPLIoATIoN PILEDNAYQ, 1904.

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UNITED srArns IALrnN-r OFFICE.

ALONZO A.- ANDERSON, yF 'W'OODs'r'OcK,l ILLINOIS, AssIeNOn 1ro' THE. OLIVER TYPEWRITER COMPANY, OF CHICAGO., ILLINOIS, A CORPO- --RATION OFILLINoIs. 'f

. MABGINAL PAPER-aulne Fon TYPE-WRITING. MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

No. 829,093. Appunti@ ne@ may 9, moli. sarai No. 207,094.

, Patenteanug. 21', 1906,

by longitudinal members All, upon-.fthe

To all `wiz/0mv it may apn/cern.-

former of vWhichpis formed the rack-bar of thev 5 'Be it known that I, ALONZO A. ANDERSON,

,I a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Woodstock, in 'thecounty of McHenry and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful'Improvements in Marginal Paper- Guides for Type-Writing Machines; and I do hereby declare thatv the following is a full,

letterspacing mechanism. B designates the usual platen, and BABZB? the presser-rollers for against the platen.

B4B5 designate curved p'aper-guideslfor l6e directing an entering sheet of aper from onen pressing the l paper,M

, thereon, vwhich forma part of this specifica-` tion.

l shie clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked roll to the other, and B B6 adjustable,guidesl;l for guiding the paper around the-upper y,side l of the platen. v C C designatel guides or shields located in rear ofthe platen or at the entering side of the carriage, saidffi; shieldsextending between andbeing attached to the end plates of the carriage. r 1" My improved left hand arginqpaper-A 76v guide is ap lied tothe u per faceof'thelower pa er-shie d or'guide-p ate C", Saidmargif,l f na guide consists of a narrowplateor bar D, 'f which is located at the left-hand 'end and on 'the upper face of the paper-.shield .Cf .a'1I'd.-at -7f5v right angles to the axis of the-platen. :The upper paper-shield or guide-plate C is broken: f away at the left-hand sideof the-carriage to invention relates to improvements in a novelpapenguidefor thecarriages of typewriting machines; and the inventioniconsists in the matters hereinafter set forth, and more particularly pointed out `in the appended ,Claims-f My novel paper-guide is adapted for "attachment to the left-hand end of the paper' shield o r guide-plate locatedat the entering side oifth'e carriage of a type-'Writing Inachine in position to `engage and 'direct the left-hand margin of a sheet of' paper as it-is f being inserted into the carriage, whereby the advance margin of the sheet is squared relatively to the axis Of the carriage-platen, and the side edges of the sheet are located in desired relation to the ends of the platen or the printing-point. Said paper-guide is herein shown as applied tothe paper-carriage `of an Oliver7 type-writing machine, and in this ada tation it is attached to the lower paperlll or guide-plate at the rear or entering side of the carriage. Said marginal guide is connected with the paper-shield in such manis Inade of some thickness, so as to insure tlic.. 8o, left-hand margin of the aper-strikingzffthe same when being insertedi-ntohthe carri'age.' Itis made of a length to bringits inner -end near the platen. Said marginal guide-bar I) is attached to the paper-sh1e1d C by means 85 permitting it to be adjusted longitudinally of the cariiage to accommodate the carriage to sheets 'of varying widths. The means for attaching the bar D to the paper-shield C and permitting of such longitudinal adjust- 9o the upper Aandflower*paper* 615" *i better exhibit the marginal guide'. Said-bar u ner as to enable the guide to be shifted or ad justed lengthwise ofthe carriage, while being held or retained withvsufficient'firmness to.

hold the same fromaccidental dis lacement.

In the drawings, Fi ure 1 is a p an view ef the carriage of an O 'ver type-writing machine,- showing my marginal guideattached thereto. Fig, 2 is across-section of the carn I the end members of the carriage, connected ment is made as follows: Attached to the guide-bar D by means of rivets' d and disposed at right an' les thereto is a block D',

made somewhat t cker than the guide-bar,

and saidV block D is fitted to and slides with a groove c, extending longitudinall of the` aper-shield or uide late Cf, sai groove emglocatedmi way etween' the side margins of thev shield. VThe attaching-block D is made of such thickness-*that while it is roo The parts are held yiel inglyin place on the paper shield or guide Cl by means of a side of said 'slot c a Said Spring- "plate D2 is aiiixedto the attaching-block at te1 the said block has beeninserted in said `vgroove.` The resiliency of the sprintf?-arms'0l2 ""'Sueh as' .to bear upwardly against' t e paperceideht'al displacement in the ordinary bar to be moved freely' A 08m' ge" ivheii ift i'sdesired to per of different Width.

It is o vious that if the sheet of pajg'ie'ig be 'ssed with its left-hand margin againstthe @magma game-bar D the paper will be cfiid'so as to enter the carriage with its adargi'n parallel with the axis of the fie ,rylsteIL By reason of the fact 'thatV said giiidellir extends a distance above thelface of the lower paper-'shield it is in' position to' be -ieadlyl engaged by the margin of the when the papel* is being inseted into' the machine and requires no manipulation of 15H45v .guide for this purpose. The marginal gigio-bai*- m'ay be moved inwardly to the A"t of' the slot or at any intermediate point, 'ats indicated in Fig. i, so as to' locate the side edges of the sheet in a desired position with respect to the ends of the platen o1'i the' printigpoint; The guide may therefore be ada" ted to nafrow sheets of paper or" to postal s',- svvo that it preserves for siieh narr'oivf: sheets or, gest-al oaids the same accurate hiding off lle' sheets when being' inserted inte the' lr'x'aeline as it sheets.

The device herein shown is susceptible to variations iii its Structiiral details toadapt lt p'ovides for the Wide except "as h shield-With suilicient force to hold the' partsedjust `the de-y to' different machines, andi'. dofnot Wish to, '-1 be limited to .theexact construction sllovvnv 1. Thev combinationfwith'the and i' l. platen of a'typefwriting inchn'e i.

shield on the entering slde osaid platen.pro'

offa paper-- vided with' a longitudinal .'slot, aunar lnaljj guide-bar resting on thetop surfacel o :the paper-shield and extending at rig-ht angles,

thereto, a .guidebloek attached .tothe said v'. guide-bar at light agles thereto, said 'block being of the same Width as the slot and exe-f tending inwardly from the guide-bar, and

spring-arms attached to said guidefblock and pressing on the under surface of the shield be- 'neat-h or opposite the guide-bar- "2. The combinatiomwith the carriage and pi'aten of a type-writing machine, ofa p aper-- shield 0n the enteringfside of said platen pro vided with a longitudinal slot, a marginalguidegbar resting on4 the top surface of the paper-shield and extending. at right angles l thereto, a guide-block attached to the said guide-bar' at right angles thereto, said block being of the same Width as the slot and eX tending inwardly -from the guide-bar, and a s rngplateattached to the under surface of t .e guide-block at its inner end and provided with'two laterally-separated arms, one lo-- cated ateach side of said guide-block, the

free ends of said arms being adapted to bear on the under side of the papershield beneath or opposite the guide-bar.

in testimony that I clalm the foregoing as my invention l affix my slgnature, 1n presence :of two wifitnesses, this* l 13d day A of May, A. .1).

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.\ ALONZO A.' ANDERSON.

Witnesses i A Fiore ANniiBfsEN,

I. W.' CoLatino- 

